The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-31
LANGTRY'S STAR.
Reasons for Thinking it is on the
Wane.

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New YORK, Oct. 29-Mr. Abbeys COM
pany appeared in Caste at Wallacks
Monday night, and the performance was in
every way successful. The Mouse Trap"
was shelved forever. The full strength of
the new troupe is apparent in Robertson's
famous play, and the many opportunities
which the comedy affords for character
acting were eagerly embraced. Undoubt-
edly the most refreshing and taking hit was
made by young Tom Robertson, the son
of the famous English playwright
and the stage manager of Wallack's.
He played Sam Gerridge with extraor-
binary humor and fun. Miss Coghlan and
Mrs. Abbey are properly cast in this play
and the results are eminently satisfactory
The former is unrivalled in human and
womanlv roles and she plays the character
Of the wife with touching pathos at times.
In sharp relief to it is Mrs. Abbey's comedy,
which is frolicsOme and unaffected through
out No other theatre in the country boasts
two such leading women as Miss Coghlan
and Mrs. Abbey. They are wonderfully
effective when well cast, as they are in this
piece
In Rudolph Mr. George Knight has
jumped from farcical comedy, or, more
properly speaking, nOnsonscal horse play
into pathoS and sentiment From Over
the Garden Wall" to ''Rudolphn is a ire
mendouS distance. Knights success in the
new venture is indisputable. 1t is the result
of patience, tinkering, toll and great indus
try, coupled with unquestionable ability on
the part Of the star. Bronson Howard wrote
the piece David Belasco hammeredinto sue
ceSsiul shape after it had made distinct
failure, and Charles Frohman managed il.
A great trio this All of them worked like
beavers for months, and they have reached
their goal. The honorS are all taken hy
Knight, though he has in his support two
men who formerly starred--Charies Bowser
and Newton GOtthold.
Starring is not so common as it was The
expenses are too large and the chances too
small. Mrs. Potter is the lion of the hour
theatrically, aud when she goes starring
something will have to give way. The
phalanx of stage managers, business man
ayers, personal managers, agents. directors
and attendants are loaded for bear The
Potter boom win be conveyed over the face
of the United States in fashion that will
put the memory of the Langtry tours in the
shade.
Aud the Langtry! Wen, it begins to
look as though her star is on the wane Her
name is no longer the pet morsel of every
mouth, and the papers that formerly jumped
at the chance of exploiting her ON any of
her belongings have grown Indifferent and
chill Is Langtry growing a bit wearisome
10 the publicl 1t would seem so. Her face
is not as youthful as 1t was, while Mrs Pot
ter looks like a 19-year-old girl. The public
likes its goddeSses young. Thousands of
people studied the famous women on Tues
day at the theatre through their opera
glasses. Mrs. Langtry was on the stage and
Mrs. Potter was in stage box The former
looked big, heavy, handsome, mature
and sturdy; the latter 1.-the, pretty,
refined and endowed by that pc
culiar charm which women call
interesting" and men fascinating" Mrs.
Potter has il high-bred and aristocratic look
that is wanting in women of the robust
type like Langtry, Rose Coghlan and Agnes
Booth. 1t is great season for the women
of The stage. Everybody is talking about
them A new beauty known as Genevieve
Lytton has come no. She has a Greek head.
1t is beautiful, and it was supposed to be
top-weighted with genius, talent and other
things that were once supposed 10 he useful
il not necessary to dramatic success. Miss
Lytton appeared in a new play the other
day, and it straightway became apparent
that she was not weighted by any of the
above mentioned things. But she is still
beautiful. That goes for a good deal at this
time of year, Electrically speaking.
BLAKELY HALL.